About Us

Our mission at Haven Movement Centre is to provide a safe, welcoming, and enriching space for kids and their families to explore movement in a fun and functional way.

 

Our vision is to have all kids and families that attend our facility feel safe, welcome and cared for. To provide a clean, bright, and fun learning environment focused on progression, not perfection, that encourages having fun, body love, and reaching each individuals unique potential or goals. To have team members that genuinely love working with kids and their families, who are able to celebrate all wins big and small for their students, their team mates, and themselves.

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We are a unique, clean, HVAC equipped facility with specialized equipment and programs created by us. We strive to create an amazing experience each and every visit, whether it is a gymnastics class, school field trip, birthday party, drop-in, or other event.

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Haven Movement Centre is proudly owned by Marissa Dunbar. Marissa is a mom of two little ones, and has a big passion for helping families grow and thrive through their children’s developmental milestones, and joy of movement. Marissa had an extensive dance, theatre, & cheerleading background growing up. Though she never did competitive level gymnastics, she worked several years teaching at The Little Gym, where she fell in love with the programs and the families, and knew one day she wanted to own a space like that. Marissa worked for Rory and Sara at Kerrigan at Kerrigan Gymnastics/Leapfrog for 5 years helping develop and manage their programs, and then took a break from the movement world to start a family and pursue a career managing a charity; Balding for Dollars at BC Children’s Hospital for 5 years. It was fulfilling work, but the movement centre dream persisted.

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Haven offers many ways to move through gymnastics & dance classes, private birthday/corporate party rentals, field trips for daycares/preschools, elementary schools & homeschool groups, adventure camps when school is out, kids night out, open gym sessions, 1:1 lessons, a special needs gymnastics program, and more! We're always expanding and improving our current offerings, with plans to add new & exciting programs in the future!

 

Gymnastics basics provide foundational skills that extends into so many facets of life, and dance basics create a love for art, music, and expression through movement; and the impact is so much bigger than just the skills!